Torsten Bell, recently departed from the Resolution Foundation and now expected to be a Swansea MP, who I think might be in the running at that time. As former Chief of Staff to Ed Miliband, he already knows his way around. Whilst he is still right of centre,
Torsten? Right of centre? Right of where you are, perhaps, but of centre?
An acquaintance of mine (ex-Cav, fellow defence analyst, good bloke) is standing for Reform in that constituency.
Despite being less than entirely convinced by Reform overall (though fully on-side with their mission of giving the complacent Conservatives a thorough interfacing with reality), I’d endorse Paddy for the seat.